Charles Edward WILSON
The artist was born in Nottinghamshire at Whitwell, and studied at the Sheffield School of Art. His specialty was rustic scenes, and his chosen titles match similar ones in the Newlyn oervre: The Farmer's Daughter, The Light of the Cottage, Gathering Blackberries and Beside the Sea (a view from Trewarventh Street, Newlyn), etc. In 1881 he was lodging in Chelsea and working as a artist/draughtsman. At the age of 45 he was boarding in the home of a railwayman in Witley, Surrey. His studio was at Godalming, Surrey.
media
Painter in watercolour of genre
works and access
Works include: The Farmer's Daughter; The Light of the Cottage; Gathering Blackberries; Blowing Bubbles; The Penny Whistle; Beside the Sea
Access to works: V&A
exhibitions
RA; RI; RWS
references
1881, 1891, 1901 Census
Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall p300;
Mallalieu
Tonkin (research information);
Wood Paradise Lost
Wood Victorian Painters Vol II (illus p 460)